Default Skill Theory

[Ezra]

Originally Posted by Varyon

My assumption for the skills defaults is that, if there was a basis other than "this seems to work about right" whenever they were created, it's that a character using an Easy skill at default (Attribute-4) for a routine task (+4 TDM) rolls against unmodified Attribute to do it.

This is brilliant. I hadn't thought of that but it feels accurate.